據(jù)離岸工程網(wǎng)站3月31日消息 總部位于英國(guó)的海上可再生能源公司Catapult周三在一份報(bào)告中稱：“大規(guī)模回收風(fēng)力渦輪機(jī)葉片是朝著實(shí)現(xiàn)海上風(fēng)電產(chǎn)業(yè)零碳、零浪費(fèi)、推動(dòng)英國(guó)供應(yīng)鏈增加2萬(wàn)個(gè)就業(yè)崗位邁出的重要第一步。”

該可再生能源公司呼吁增加投資，并將研發(fā)工作徹底轉(zhuǎn)向風(fēng)力渦輪機(jī)葉片回收利用，理由是海上風(fēng)電的循環(huán)經(jīng)濟(jì)方式給英國(guó)供應(yīng)鏈帶來(lái)巨大的經(jīng)濟(jì)機(jī)遇，這可能將該行業(yè)在英國(guó)創(chuàng)造就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)的目標(biāo)延長(zhǎng)三分之一，從而多創(chuàng)造2萬(wàn)個(gè)就業(yè)機(jī)會(huì)。

ORE-Catapult表示，從技術(shù)上講，風(fēng)力渦輪機(jī)幾乎85-90%是可回收的，但它們的葉片由樹脂和纖維復(fù)合材料制成，在分解、加工和回收方面具有挑戰(zhàn)性，仍然是實(shí)現(xiàn)完全可回收的主要障礙。

根據(jù)一份與OGTC合作的ORE Catapult 報(bào)告，以及國(guó)家復(fù)合材料中心（NCC）和利茲大學(xué)專家的投入，14項(xiàng)技術(shù)顯示出回收葉片材料的希望，但在我們看到大規(guī)模部署之前，還需要進(jìn)一步的工作，特別是圍繞環(huán)境影響、能源使用和熱解（復(fù)合材料熱處理）等技術(shù)的成本效益問題。

ORE Catapult表示：“這為英國(guó)公司提供了一個(gè)黃金機(jī)會(huì)，為我們的回收需求提供解決方案。據(jù)估計(jì)，到本世紀(jì)中葉，全球海上風(fēng)電行業(yè)將需要停用85吉瓦的容量（包括325000片葉片）。雖然這些估計(jì)假設(shè)了目前25年的生命周期，但它們?yōu)樵撔袠I(yè)循環(huán)經(jīng)濟(jì)先驅(qū)未來(lái)全球市場(chǎng)的規(guī)模提供了一個(gè)例證。”

吳恒磊 編譯自 離岸工程

原文如下：

UK: Offshore Wind Blade Recycling Could Create 20,000 Jobs

"At-scale recycling of wind turbine blades is an important first step towards achieving a zero-carbon, zero-waste offshore wind industry and boosting the UK supply chain by 20,000 jobs, " the UK-based Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Catapult said in a report Wednesday.

The ORE has called for increased investment and a radical shift in research and development into wind turbine blade recycling, citing the huge economic opportunities for the UK supply chain from a circular economy approach in offshore wind that could extend the sector’s UK job creation targets by a third, creating an extra 20,000 jobs.

Technically, ORE Catapult said, wind turbines are almost 85-90% recyclable, but their blades, made from composites of resins and fibers, have proven challenging to break down, process, and recycle, and remain the major hurdle to achieving fully recyclability.

According to a report which ORE Catapult produced in partnership with OGTC, and with input from experts at the National Composites Centre (NCC) and the University of Leeds, 14 technologies show promise for recovering blade materials but "further work was needed before we see them deployed at scale, particularly around issues of environmental impacts, energy use and cost-efficiency of techniques such as pyrolysis (heat treatment of composites)."

"This provides a golden opportunity for UK companies to provide solutions for our recycling needs. It is estimated that the global offshore wind industry will need to decommission 85GW of capacity (including 325,000 blades) by mid-century. While these estimates assume today’s 25-year lifecycle, they give an illustration of the scale of the future global market for circular economy pioneers in the sector," ORE Catapult said.